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With the new v7 of the TC Icon software,
loudness-enabled TC units on the same network can automatically
save logging data at user-defined intervals on a PC or
Mac.

(Risskov, Denmark, 29 October 2013) TC
Electronic is proud to announce that brand new features have been
added to its hardware units that support the LM6 and LM2 Loudness
Radar Meters and the TC Icon control software (DB6, DB4 MKII, DB8
MKII, System 6000 MKII and LM2).

The user is now allowed to decide on a time interval from one hour
to one week at which the logging data will be saved and organized
for easy access and future reference. Units are simply
connected via Ethernet to a PC or Mac running TC Icon software that
will pull the data automatically and save it in a folder specified
by the user.

The TC Icon software is a clever remote control application that
allows for controlling and auto-logging from a vast number of
units. However, auto-logging is not the only new feature in the TC
Icon v7 update.

New Peak to Loudness Ratio ParameterLoudness Range (LRA) quantifies loudness variations inside a
program or a music track, but LRA isn't very sensitive to transient
limiting and clipping happening as a result of the loudness wars in
commercials and music production.

Peak to Loudness Ratio (PLR) is a more appropriate measure
of such squashing, which has an adverse effect on clarity,
intelligibility and audio quality at large. Besides from its
educational value, PLR is also relevant when tailoring a track or a
program to a certain amount of downstream headroom. For instance,
ATSC A/85 and EBU R128 provide 22 dB of headroom, while Sound Check
in iTunes offers 16 dB of headroom.

Lowering PLR further only destroys audio quality without
gaining loudness on any modern platform, so users are highly
recommended to keep an eye on this crucial reading and save their
next recording for generations to come.